HARARE – Brian Maphosa, Zimbabwe’s Golf Association (ZGA) Executive in Harare, Zimbabwe has advisedof the rankings for the Windhoek Lager Africa Jacket Golf Championships after a number of tournaments played throughout the country since the launch last November.
The final leg is the Rowland Park Open, a 72-hole tourney at Zvishavane Golf Club to be played this Saturday. Said Maphosa: “The first tournament was the Leopard Rock Open at Leopard Rock, followed by the Hwange Open, which attracted the largest field of 122 golfers.”
Next in line was the MAWEGU Amateur played in March at Kadoma and the Dugmore in Bulawayo. Leading the pack of golfers at this stage is Clive.Nguru followed by C. Mbanga and M. Toderayi. Maphosa added that the circuit achieved one of its goals of making the tournament as national in character as possible.
“The tournament has been played in such far-stretched places as Hwange, Leopard Rock and Zvishavane and being the first such tourney, there has been a lot of learning. After the tournament in Zvishavane and the finals in Windhoek, we will re-strategise to enhance the profile of the tournament. We also expect much more active participation in the new round of the tournament as more golfers get to know about it.”
Ian Stevenson, Manager: Sponsorships & Events and Brand at Namibia Breweries Limited expressed his delight with the success story in Zimbabwe. “I share the view of Brian that next year will be bigger and better as this tourney is slowly making a name for itself gaining momentum everywhere – it can only go from strength to strength.”
By Staff Reporter